PISTIL

pistil

(noun) the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma

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Etymology

Noun

pistil (plural pistils)

(botany) A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma. [from 18th c.]

• Some plant species have more than one pistil per flower.

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Pis"tel, Pis"til, n.

Definition: An epistle. [Obs.]

Pis"til, n. Etym: [L. pistillum, pistillus, a pestle: cf. F. pistil. See Pestle.] (Bot.)

Definition: The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition